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Born in Texas, Doug Solter moved to Oklahoma when he was six years old. Growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he went to college at nearby Oklahoma State where he earned a B.A. in Radio/TV/Film production.

Doug started writing in 1998, and three years later his fifth screenplay, Father Figure , became a semi-finalist in The Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting. This good showing convinced Doug that he was, at the very least, a decent writer. Two more scripts ranked in the top 15 percent of the Nicholl Fellowships for two different years and his tenth script, Rail Fan, became a quarter-finalist in the competition in 2009.

For a greater understanding of the film-making process, Doug directed his first short film The Bachelor and the Baby , sh...more


This week I'm joining with other young adult authors to promote our joint online Facebook Party that's coming up this Saturday. We also have two Twitter chats scheduled. We join Kate Tilton's twitter chat #K8chat tonight from 8-9pm CST and on Friday we will have our official Twitter chat.During my hour of hosting duties for the Facebook Party, I plan on doing some book trivia and some character... read more »
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Skid
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2012

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SKID (Literature & Fiction)
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Description: Can a small-town girl with a big attitude balance a boy and a demanding racing career in Formula 1, the biggest racing circus in the world? Samantha Sutton drove the car that killed her dad. Now the seventeen-year-old can’t rest until she becomes the racing champion her dad molded her to be. Samantha exploits the system and earns a spot on a German racing team struggling to be relevant against the elite teams of Formula 1. Samantha pushes herself, pushes her car, pushes her luck at 200 miles per hour. She battles Emilio Ronaldo, seven time world champion and Ferrari racing god. A hero to young girl, but now a rival to a young woman. To keep herself sane, Samantha relies on her best friend Manny. But she doesn’t know quite what to do about his deep feelings for her. She would love to ask her sisters for advice, but they won’t talk to her. Not since Samantha told them the truth about Dad’s accident. The truth about that dark and rainy night.
Wool Omnibus
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“Yes! Yes! There's the attitude. Where was that girl during the race? Off getting sushi?”
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We ♥ YA Books! : ARR # 44 - SKID by Doug Solter 14 54 07 oct. 09:47  
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
Mark Twain

“To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.”
Muhammad Ali

“Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on those days. The funny thing is that, although writing has been my actual job for several years now, I still seem to have to fight for time in which to do it. Some people do not seem to grasp that I still have to sit down in peace and write the books, apparently believing that they pop up like mushrooms without my connivance. I must therefore guard the time allotted to writing as a Hungarian Horntail guards its firstborn egg.”
J.K. Rowling

“Yes! Yes! There's the attitude. Where was that girl during the race? Off getting sushi?”
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Jordan Dane Hey Doug--Great to see you here. Thanks for looking me up and I hope you have a great weekend.


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